In this July 25, 2019 photo, carrier rocket SQX-1 Y1, developed by a Beijing-based private rocket developer i-Space, sends two satellites into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (I-SPACE / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) JIUQUAN – The launch of the fourth SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket on Friday was unsuccessful. Abnormal performance was […]
Rocket engineer does all he can to ensure safety of China's astronauts Xu Liping works at the Xi'an Aerospace Chemical Propulsion Factory in Shaanxi province. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Xu Liping helps make one of the most critical parts on the Long March 2F carrier rocket that sends Chinese astronauts into space. However, he […]
Modified Long March 8 deploys 22 small satellites in orbit in one go People watch the Long March 8 carrier rocket lift off in Wenchang, Hainan province, on Sunday. (SHA XIAOFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY) A modified version of China's Long March 8 carrier rocket transported 22 satellites into orbit on Sunday morning in its […]
WENCHANG, HAINAN – China plans to launch its new generation carrier rocket Long March-8 Y2 between late February and early March from the southern island of Hainan, sources with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's leading rocket maker, said on Friday. The Long March-8 Y2 rocket arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch […]
Long March 2D rocket carrying the Shiyan 13 experimental satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province, Jan 17, 2021. (PHOTO BY ZHENG TAOTAO / PROVIDED TO CHINADAILY.COM.CN) China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Monday morning, kicking off the country's space program for 2022. The launch […]
A Chinese Long March 3B carrier rocket blasts off at 0:43 am on Thursday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, marking the 48th flight of the Long March rocket family this year. (LIU GUOXING / FOR CHINA DAILY) China launched a Long March 3B carrier rocket at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan […]
A CERES 1 Y2 carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, Dec 7, 2021. (WANG JIANGBO / XINHUA) Galactic Energy, a carrier rocket maker in Beijing, has become the first private enterprise in China to have conducted two orbital missions that placed satellites in outer space. The company's CERES […]
China has conducted the first ignition test for the world's most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine. (PHOTO / CHINANEWS.COM) Chinese space engineers have conducted the first ignition test of the most powerful solid-propellant rocket engine in the world, which will be used on new-generation rockets, according to the Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology in Xi'an, […]
China's new medium-lift carrier rocket Long March-8 blasts off at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province Dec. 22, 2020. (YANG GUANYU / XINHUA) BEIJING – China has successfully tested technology that can control the landing sites of falling rocket fairings, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT). The […]
BEIJING – The debris of the last stage of the Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket reentered the atmosphere at 10:24 am on Sunday (Beijing Time), most of which already burned up, the China Manned Space Agency said. ALSO READ: China says rocket debris very unlikely to cause damage The vast majority of the debris burned up […]
China's new carrier rocket Smart Dragon-1 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Aug 17, 2019. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3), the third member of China's Dragon series commercial carrier rockets family, will make its maiden flight in 2022, its developer said Wednesday. With a maximum diameter of […]
5eb14843a310a8b2fa432eda.jpeg China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the nation's leading space contractor, announced on Wednesday that it plans to conduct the maiden flight of the Long March 6A carrier rocket before the end of this year. The rocket, developed by the company's Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, will have a liftoff weight of 530 metric […]
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